Device for reefing sails



(No ModeL) HBRING. DEVICE FOR REEIINGISAILS. V 1T0.315',501. Patefitedlpr. 14, 1885.

N, PETERS. FhoflrLilhagmpher. Washington. a. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

LEN nnme, or ISLE sr. enonen, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR RIEEFING SAILS.

ernozrlca'rron forming part of Letters Patent Ila 315,501, dated April 14,1885.

Application filed February 18, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEN HERING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Isle St. George, in the county of Ottawa and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Reefing Sails, of which-the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for reefing sails; and. it consists in certain improvements therein, which will be hereinafter fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa side elevation of a sail provided with myimproved reeling devices. Fig. 2 is a partial vertical sectional view taken on the line :0 m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailed View. 7

A represents the mast, b the inainsail, c the boom, d the gaff, and e the top-sail. The top-sail and mainsail are formed together, as here shown, and a halyard, f, is secured to the top-sail, passes over a block, g, that is secured to the mast-head, passes down the mast, and is secured to a cleat, h, that is made fast to the lower end of the mast. The luff of the sails is secured to the mast by the rings t.

Zrepresents a row of reef-eyelets that are worked in the mainsail at a suitable height above the boom, and n represents a row of similar eyelets that are worked in the mainsail at a suitable distance above the lower row. Any desired number of rows may be formed in the sail, though only two are here shown.

Z represents a reef-line, which is secured to the boom near the mast, passes through the eyelet of the row Z that is nearest the luff, and from thence through ablock, Z secured on the inner end of the boom, and from thence the line passes along the boom to ablock, Z that is secured near the outer end thereof, and from the said block the free end of the line passes back to a cleat, m, that is secured at a suitable distance from the outer end of the boom.

Reef-points Z*-are secured at one end to the boom, pass through the eyelets Z and down iahrough blocks Z and are secured to the reefine Z.

'n represents a reef-line which is secured to the boom near the mast, passes through the eyelet of the'row n that is nearest to the luff of the sail, and from thence through a block, a, secured on the inner end of the boom, and from thence the line passes along the boom to a block, 0, which is secured to the under side of the boom'at a suitable distance fromits outer end. The block 0 is provided with two sheaves, o and 0 which are journaledin the ends of the block and leave a space between them, as shown at Fig. 3. The reef-line it passes over the sheave 0 and is made fast to the cleat m. Reef-points n are secured at one end to the boom, pass through the eyelets n and down through blocks 12*, and are sesecured to the reef-line a. To the outer end. of the boom is secured a leech reef-line, n, which passes through the leech'eyelet of the row a, down through a block, of, secured to the boom, and from thence passes over the sheave 0 of the block 0 and is joined to the reef-line n.

By providing the block 0 near the outer end of the boom the sail can be reefed by a man stationed at the tiller, which is an advantage of great importance when the boat is being sailed by a single person, or in the event of a sudden squall.

I am aware that the arrangement of the eyelets, the reef-lines, and the reef-points, as hereinbefore described,.is not broadly new, and this, broadly, I disclaim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The sail having the rows of eyelets a Z, int

combination with the mast, the gafi, the boom, blocks Z 12 arranged along the boom, block Z secured near the outer end thereof, and block 0, having sheaves o o secured to the boom, reef-lineZ, secured to the inner end of 0 I the boom, passing through the luff-eyelet of the row Z, through block Z at inner end of boom, and block Z at outer end thereof, reefpoints Z, secured to the boom, passing through eyelets Z, blocks Z and secured to the reefline Z, reef-linen, secured to inner end of boom, passing through lufi-eyelet of, row a, through block n at inner end of boom, and

through block 0, reef-points n, secured to the I In testimony that I claim the foregoing as io boom, passing through eyelets n, blocks n", my own Ihave hereto aifixed my signaturein and secured to the reef-line n, leech reef-line 1 presence of two Witnesses. n, secured to outer end of boom, passing 5 through leech-eyelet n, a block, if, and block LEN HERING.

0, and secured .to the reef-line n, and cleats secured to the boom for the free ends of the lVitnesses: reef-lines, substantially as shown and de- XV. R. SMLTH,

scribed. l G. J. HERING. 

